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you change the shape of your chest (intercostal muscles & diaphram)
which increases the volume of your chest cavity
the lung is sucked along with the chest wall (partial vacume in the plural space)
lowering the pressure within the air spaces of the lung.
Air flows from higher pressure to lower.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoyour diaphragm contracts to suck in air through your nose or your mouth. oxygen travels to your your lungs through your bronchi. the other air travels to your stomach. when the diaphragm relaxes carbon dioxide is let out through your nose or your mouth.
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∙ 15y agoBy creating negative intra-thoracic pressure, lungs draw in air. That is also the reason for the blood from the lower part of the body to be drawn towards the heart.
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∙ 13y agoYour diaphragm( A muscle below the lungs) expands, (letting air in your lungs) than contracts (pushing air out).
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∙ 15y agoyes lungs do take in air. They take in 100% and release 80% and 20% stays in you>
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∙ 9y agoWhen your diaphragm contracts the air goes in. When it relaxes, air is expelled.
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∙ 15y agohow do our lungs take in oxygen?
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the lungs will moves down when breathe out air
Is a snake breathe air with lungs?
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How is the air you breathe in different from the air we breathe out?
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What has scales and uses lungs to breathe air?
A reptile has scales and lungs to breathe air
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They breathe air with lungs.
Do alligators breathe air with their lungs?
Yes. Alligators breathe with lungs.
How do the lungs use the air you breathe in?
Lungs will actually bring in the air in, take the oxygen and direct it straight into the bloodstream. You will then breathe out carbon dioxide, which will eventually be turned into oxygen by various plants.
Does an ostrich breathe air with its lungs?
Yes, they do. Ostriches are flightless birds (Aves) and breathe air with their lungs.
In exercise are you supposed to breathe in or breathe out as you exert your muscles?
when you breath in your diaphragm muscle expands your lungs to take in air. when you breath out your diaphragm muscle pushes on your lungs to let out the air.
What are filled with oxygen-rich air?
The aveoli of the lungs are filled with oxygen when you take a breathe in.
How do bats breathe?
Bats breathe through their mouths and noses.
